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BATTALION SPORTS EDITOR
Spirits High As Squad Leaves For
“Second Game of Alamo”: Game Broadcast
For the first time this year the
Spirit of Aggieland and the Aggie
War Cry echoed across the lower
side of the campus down towards
the river bottom as the largest
crowd ever to witness the leaving
of the team for a pre-conference
game gathered at the rail road
yards to wish the squad luck and
a safe return and to tighten the
left.
On board the train the team
gathered at the windows towards
the East and listened quietly as
Buster, Foots, Skeen, and Bill led
the twelfth man, who is to follow
over to the Alamo today, through
their paces.
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wrong with the whole gang was
Marion Pugh’s face—a bit on the
ugly side.
So that’s the feeling of the squad.
If you can’t make it to San An
tonio today some way or other, at
least tune in on the Texas Quality
Net Works for the broadcast.
To repeat the early results as
from here:
A. & M. over Tulsa
T. C. U. over Arkansas
S. M. U. over Denton Teachers
Texas over Indiana
Bice over Centenary
Thought to be just another game
bruise turned out to be a pretty
serious injury to Buchanan this
past week and the old leg is caked
up for ten or twelve days. “Boots”
Simmons will probably get the call
for the game today.
The quarterback club opened its
’40 season Wednesday with the
showing of the Aggie-Javelina
movies.
The organization was formed
two years ago and has served the
faculty and many local fans with
means of enjoyment by bringing
to those who missed the games
and to those who wish to see them
a second and third time the movie
record as filmed by Manning
Smith.
The public is invited to all meet
ings which are held each Wednes
day night in Guion Hall.
The faculty tennis club will hold
its first meeting of the year in the
Civil Engineering Lecture Room at
5 o’clock Tuesday, October 8.
Officers for the coming season
will be elected and plans made for
the year. All old members are ur
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Coach Norton Leads 41 To Alamo City
Team Entrains
For Second Tilt
On Thursday Night
Taking no chances on not having
enough reserves on hand in case
of injuries to the Texas Aggies in
the Tulsa game at San Antonio
Saturday afternoon, Coach Homer
Norton listed a traveling squad of
41 men and departed for the Alamo
City Thursday night.
Freshman Coach “Hub” McQuil
lan, who scouted Tulsa last week,
reported the Golden Hurricane a
rugged team which may cause the
Cadets a lot of trouble. He reports
a strong line and good reserve
material which helped Norton make
a decision on the number of players
he took with him.
The Aggies will be short the ser
vices of Bill Buchanan, starting
right end, who will be out of action
for at least 10 days with a pulled
ligament. At first thought to be
only a usual game bruise, the leg
was given customary treatment
but when it failed to respond Bill
was taken to Dallas to have a
specialist in such matters look over
the injured member. He ordered it
into a cast which must be worn for
10 days and which will see Buch
anan miss both the Tulsa and U.
C. L. A. games.
Meanwhile Elvis (Boots) Sim
mons, the Somerville soph, will
take over the starting duties and
will be understudied by Jack Kim
brough, letterman, and Bill Hen
derson, squadman who was held
out last year. Bill is the big Aggie
eager and can snag passes one-
handed about as easily as he can
with two. Score permitting, he is
due to see considerable service in
gaining game experience from here
out.
All of the players put in a hard
week working on imperfections
which showed up against Texas A.
& I, and also had long sessions
(Continued on page 4)
BATTALION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
PAGE 3
Hurricane To Down Ags
Predicted By Tulsa Scribe
By Harry Heath, Co-Editor
The Tulsa Collegian
TULSA, Okla., Oct. 4.—A de
termined Golden Hurricane football
brigade, 40 strong, blew into San
Antonio Friday morning ready to
battle the great Texas Aggies Sat
urday in a game which may sub
sequently make or break the Tulsa
university squad’s chances in its
own Missouri Valley conference.
Every member of the squad, and
Head Coach Chet Benefiel as well,
feels that the Hurricane will pro
vide stiff opposition for the Farm
ers—and may even go so far as to
predict a possible Tulsa victory,
foolhardy as such a forecast may
seem.
Coach Benefiel tagged the 1940
Hurricane “the greatest squad in
Tulsa U. history” before the sea
son opened, and when the team roar
ed over Washburn College, 37-6,
without even lifting the wraps last
Saturday, local followers began
feeling a little better about the-
prosppets for the Tulsans this week.
In their last meeting with Texas
A. & M., a small, reserveless Tulsa
squad fell before the Ags, 20-0,
after holding the score 7-0 for
three periods. Dick Todd & Co.
simply had too much reserve power
for Tulsa. This year, “Jarrin’
Jawn” Kimbrough and his mates
will find three strong Tulsa lines,
two of them equal in ability, and
-the finest offensive machinery in
the state of Oklahoma across the
line from them. So it may be a ball
game.
After the drubbing received two
years ago, Tulsa never quite found
itself the rest of the season. In
juries received in that game crip
pled the squad nearly all year, and
the team’s spirit never quite re
turned to normal. If Tulsa’s pow
erful eleven can play the Farmers
a close ball game Saturday, and
come through in good physical con
dition, the critics agree that the
Golden Hurricane will regain the
Missouri Valley conference title
which it 'failed to win for the first
time since 1935 last season.
Three sophomores will be in the
starting backfield. They are Full
back Ray Muchowich, Kilgore, Tex
as; Tailback N. A. Keithley and
Wingback Glenn Dobbs. Lee Gentry,
game captain and veteran blocking
back, will round out the quartet.
Dobbs and Keithley both are triple
threat men, and during the course
of a ball game both pass, run and
kick in alternating circumstances.
Dobbs seldom kicks for less than
45 or 50 yards, with most of his
boots traveling around 70 yards.
He set a record for Tulsa U. fresh
men last year when he punted 80
yards on the fly against the Okla
homa Aggie frosh. All of the start
ing backs are big men, with the
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
(THROUGH GAMES OF
SEPT. 28)
(Compiled by E. C. Oates, Texas A. & M. from statistical summaries submitted
by team representatives)
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A&M-Opp Ark-Opp
Bay-Opp
TCU-Opp
Tex-Opp
First Downs
11
2 14 5
14 11
5 8
22 3
Games
1 1
1
1
1
Net Gains Rushing
119
-13 .274 16
203 7
246 17
353 146
Net Gains Fwd. Pass. 116
21 94 16
159 253
70 122
232 0
Net Gains R & P
285
8 368 32
362 260
316 139
685 146
Fwd. Pass Att.
23
10 18 20
15 38
15 33
35 10
Fwd. Pass Comp.
12
2 4 3
8 16
6 11
18 0
•% Completed
.522
.200 .222 .150
.533 .421
.400 .333
.514 .000
Own Fwd. Pass Intcp. 2
3 2 4
0 2
0 6
4 4
Avg. Punt
35
33 35 35
33 35
26 35
28 32
Yds. Lost Pen.
65
20 113 50
70 45
80 30
25 20
LEADING BALL CARRIERS
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(Carried at least 7 times)
Player
School
Times Carried
Gained
Yards Lost Average Gain
Harkins
Texas
7
59
0
8.42
Sanders
Texas
7
52
0
7.42
Schmidt
Aansas
15
107
2
7.00
Layden
Texas *
11
65
1
5.81
Wilson
Baylor
17
103
10
5.47
Neal
Arkansas
9
62
15
5.20
John Kimbrough
A. & M.
10
50
0
5.00
Witt
Baylor
13
63
5
4.46
Pugh
A. & M.
12
55
13
3.50
Coleman
Baylor
12
60
19
3.42
Kring
T. C. U.
8
27
0
3.37
Bagley
T. C. U.
10
31
1
3.00
LEADING PUNTERS
(Punted at least 2 times and averaged above 30 Yards)
Player
School
Punts
Yards
Average Yards
Conatser
A. & M.
3
130
43.33
McKay
Texas
3
156
39.00
C. Sparks
T. C. U.
4
151
37.75
Hamberg
Arkansas
5
188
37.60
Wilson
Baylor
5
176
35.20
LEADING PUNT RETURNERS
(Returned at least 2 punts and average at least 10 yards)
Player
School
Returns
Yards
Average Return
Montgomery
T. C. U.
2
48
24.00
Sailings
Arkansas
2
33
16.50
Bagley
T. C. U.
4
60
15.00
Witt
Baylor
2
24
12.00
Moser
A. & M.
3
31
10.33
LEADING PASSERS
(Attempted at least 7 passes and completion of at least .300)
Player
School
Passes Com pi. Yards
Had Intcptd. % Completed
Layden
Texas
7 5
75
2
.714
Pugh
A. & M.
13 9
113
1
.692
Bagley
T. C. U.
7 4
52
0
.571
Harkins
Texas
11 7
80
0
.636
Coleman
Baylor
10 5
63
0
.500
McKay
Texas
12 5
66
1
.416
LEADING PASS RECEIVERS
(Caugt at least three passes)
Player
School
Passes Caught
Yards Gained
Witt
Baylor
3
70
Hawthorne
Texas
3
76
Doss
Texas
3
44
N. Sparks
T. C. U.
3
40
Southwest Conference players intercepted 8 passes in the five reported games last week,
but no player intercepted more than one aerial.
Texas Yearlings
To Test Strength
With Allen Academy
AUSTIN, Texas—The Univer
sity of Texas Yearlings will test
their unknown strength come Mon
day night when they meet the Al
len Academy of Bryan at Austin.
Approximately 50 squad mem
bers, sprinkled with high school
and junior collegiate aces of 1939,
are cramming their work for the
opening game in together with
running Indiana plays and defen
sive formations against the var
sity.
All-state high school stars in
clude Breckenridge’s Spot Collins,
185 pound blocking back, and All
state Sleepy Jack Harris off the
same team.
Strongest fortified position, yet
the one offering the fewest candi-
exception of Keithley, a 170
pounder.
In the line, which averages ap
proximately 210 pounds, Kenny
Gibson, Electra, Texas, and Bill
Grimmett, will be at ends; Browne
Amburn and Roy Stuart, speedy
juniors, at guard; Big Don Gray
and C. H. Greene, two giant pos
sible all-America men at tackle;
Richard Morgan, pass-defense ace,
at center.
Such smooth-working backs as
Nolan Cargile, Jimmy Vickers,
Malcolm Strow, Calvin Purdin, an
other triple-threat man, and L. D.
Moore are ready for call. Among
the outstanding men on the No. 2.
line are Glenn Henicle and Wayne
Holt, a pair of fast moving 230-
pound guards.
dates, is the pivot post, with only
two applicants.
Junior college star at Kilgore
last season and brother of a Long
horn varsity man is Charlie Jung-
michel, 198 pounder. The other is
one of 1939’s outstanding centers,
raw-boned Jack Sasche of Electra.
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